Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT00473161
Use of Surface Electromyography Biofeedback to Improve Reaching in Children With Cerebral Palsy
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 20 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 1 Month – 21 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
A newly-developed device for biofeedback of surface EMG will be used to either increase or decrease activity in the muscles of children with poor reaching due to cerebral palsy.
Detailed description
Children ages newborn to 21 with a diagnosis of arm weakness, hypertonia, or hyperkinesia due to cerebral palsy will be recruited. A muscle that is either over-active or under-active will be selected for each child. The child will be provided with the device to wear for 1 month in order to call attention to the identified muscle. At the beginning and end of the month, reaching will be assessed using three-dimensional kinematic motion capture. The outcome measure will be the speed and curvature of reaching to a target in front of the child.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DEVICE | surface EMG biofeedback |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2007-05-01
- Primary completion
- 2009-01-01
- First posted
- 2007-05-14
- Last updated
- 2014-05-23
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00473161. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.